1. East Asia

2. Where is East ASIA?? http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asias1.htm

3. Countries of East Asia: China Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan

4. Major Physical Features: Kunlun Mountains Gobi Desert Tibetan Plateau “Ring of Fire”

5. KUNLUN MOUNTAINS

6. GOBI DESERT

7. TIBETAN PLATEAU “Roof of the World” Average Elevation - 16,400 ft World’s highest and biggest plateau

8. RING OF FIRE

9. RIVERS YANGTZE RIVER(CHANG JIANG) ASIA’S LONGEST RIVER CHANG JIANG MEANS “LONG RIVER” MAJOR TRADE ROUTE

10. Three Gorges Dam

11. world’s largest hydro-electric power station completed October 2008 construction cost – 39 billion dollars

12. YELLOW RIVER(HUANG HE) KNOWN AS “CHINA’S SORROW” FLOODS FREQUENTLY

13. Named for the silt carried downstream in its flow. This silt is known as … Loess Where does the Yellow River get its name? Huang He “Yellow River”

14. ISLAND COUNTRIES JAPANTAIWAN

15. CLIMATE REGIONS SUBARCTIC HIGHLAND HUMID CONTINENTAL HUMID SUBTROPICAL SEMIARID DESERT TROPICAL WET

16. NATURAL HAZARDS TYPHOONS – A TROPICAL STORM LIKE A HURRICANE THAT OCCURS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC

17. VOLCANOES MOUNT FUJI – JAPAN

18. EARTHQUAKES DUE TO BEING PART OF THE RING OF FIRE

19. IMAGES OF KOBE EARTHQUAKE, JANUARY 1995

22. Tsunami – a huge wave of great destructive power

23. History: Dynasties in China and Japan Communism in China – Mao Zedong Dynasty – series of rulers from the same family

24. CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS Religious Diversity: Hinduism Islam Buddhism Christianity Taoism Shinto Confucianism

25. Cultural Landscape Great Wall of China

26. Pagodas

27. Temples